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Special Marine Warning 232, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this special marine warning at Dec 25, 2012, 9:08 PM CST. It was in force for 82 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2012, 9:08 PM CST (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 82 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Dec 25, 5:57 PM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 5:57 PM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 2:00 PM CST, 7 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 200 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261200- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 200 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL INTERIOR COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA COUNTIES WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. STRONG...LONG TRACKED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO REDEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO OUR WEST. AS THESE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOP...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. ALTHOUGH COVERAGE OF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE STORMS TO PRODUCE STRONG...LONG TRACKED TORNADOES. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...A SQUALL LINE THAT IS OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO SURGE RAPIDLY EASTWARD... MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE MID EVENING HOURS...THEN MOVING EAST OF THE REGION SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER CONCERN ALONG THE SQUALL LINE WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND LARGE HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. BRIEF...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO LIKELY...BUT DUE TO THE SPEED OF THE SYSTEM...FLOODING SHOULD BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM. CONVECTIVE CELLS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR OF THE STORM OUT IN ADVANCE OF THE SQUALL LINE...WITH THE CONTINUED THREAT OF STRONG...LONG TRACKED TORNADOES. THE TIMING FOR THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL OF DANGEROUS...LONG TRACKED TORNADOES IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA APPEARS TO BE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING TODAY. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS ANOTHER SYSTEM PUSHES EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. WHILE THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS POTENT...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE TOWARD THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GMZ630>635-650-655-670-675-261200- NORTHERN MOBILE BAY-SOUTHERN MOBILE BAY-MISSISSIPPI SOUND- PERDIDO BAY-PENSACOLA BAY SYSTEM-CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 200 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME PROGRESSIVELY STRONGER OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. THESE WINDS COULD RESULT IN TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS LATER IN THE DAY CLOSER TO THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. A LINE OF US STRONG TO SEVERE MARINE STORMS IS FORECAST TO CROSS THE MARINE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH A CONTINUED RISK OF SOME OF THESE STORMS PRODUCING TORNADOES OVER WATER. OUT AHEAD OF THIS LINE...MORE ISOLATED INDIVIDUAL STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOES OVER WATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT EAST OF DESTIN BY OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG LINE OF STORMS...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY...AND BE CAPABLE OF CAPSIZING SMALLER MARINE CRAFT. EVEN STRONGER NORTHWESTERLY WINDS...POSSIBLE APPROACHING GALE FORCE...CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE EARLY WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME FOR POSSIBLE GALE CONDITIONS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY AS THE STRONG COLD FRONT CLEARS THE AREA...BUT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT DUE TO STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS ANOTHER SYSTEM PUSHES EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. WHILE THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS POTENT...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE TOWARD THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 25, 5:15 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
515 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0453 PM TORNADO RIDERWOOD 32.13N 88.33W
12/25/2012 CHOCTAW AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TYLER OF EOC RELAYED REPORT BY CITIZEN FROM RIDERWOOD.
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DALYBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 67 min |
| Dec 25, 6:20 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| Dec 25, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 55 min |
| Dec 25, 6:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 6:38 PM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | 5 hr | |
| Dec 25, 6:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 60 min |
| Dec 25, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 30 min |
| Dec 25, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Dec 25, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 39 min |
| Dec 25, 7:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 26 min |
| Dec 25, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 53 min |
| Dec 25, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 8:03 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Dec 25, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 49 min |
| Dec 25, 8:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 39 min |
| Dec 25, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Dec 25, 9:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Dec 25, 9:23 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Dec 25, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 9:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 70 min |
| Dec 25, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 60 min |
| Dec 25, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 10:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Dec 25, 10:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 35 min |
| Dec 25, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 min |
| Dec 26, 5:43 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 9 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.